Tonight’s Lotto jackpot is heading for €11 million after rolling over for the past 11 draws.
The top prize has not been won since the beginning of May, and Lotto chiefs said the last time the jackpot reached this amount was on April 16th.
It was not won then and rolled over to April 26th and the second highest jackpot ever at €15 million.
Picking a winner is worth €15,000 to the agent who sells the ticket, although they have to pay tax on it, unlike the lucky winner or winners of the jackpot itself.
More than 2,000 premises are licensed Lotto agents in the State.
Meanwhile, time is rapidly running out for one lucky player of the Euromillions Plus draw who is sitting on an unclaimed prize of €500,000.
The €6 Quick Pick ticket was sold in JH Fitzpatricks shop in Monasterevin, Co Kildare on Friday, March 14th last, but the prize has yet to be claimed.
All winners have 90 days from the day of the draw to collect their winnings and the deadline for this prize is tomorrow at 5.30pm.
The winning numbers in the Plus draw on March 14th were: 24, 26, 39, 43, 49.